1. A very small placeor town considered to be insignificant: On their trip through the United States, Linda and Becky drove through a few Podunks which weren't even on the map they were using.

The Podunks often consisted of just a couple of houses, and sometimes, a church and/or a gas station!

2. Etymology: of Algonquian origin and from Mohegan or Massachuset Podunk, "a place name".